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Ghiya Raita | By Dr. Priti Nanda Sibal

Name: Ghiya Raita | By Dr. Priti Nanda Sibal
Uploaded: 2022-04-03T05:00:13+00:00
Duration: 2 min 37 s
Channel: Dr Priti Nanda Sibal
Description: In this short video, functional‑medicine specialist Dr. Preeti Nanda demonstrates a quick, Navratri‑friendly bottle‑gourd (ghiya) raita. She explains…

3 Apr 2022 · 3 min

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In this short video, functional‑medicine specialist Dr. Preeti Nanda demonstrates a quick, Navratri‑friendly bottle‑gourd (ghiya) raita. She explains that many people grate and boil the gourd before mixing it with curd, but she opts for a faster method: chopping raw bottle‑gourd into fine pieces with a small chopper, then combining it directly with plain curd, a pinch of Vartwala salt, and freshly ground roasted cumin (jeera) powder. After mixing, she suggests optional coriander garnish and notes that the raita can be enjoyed with vada, roti, or on its own. Throughout, she emphasizes the dish’s probiotic qualities, its filling nature, and its rejuvenating effect, positioning it as a wholesome, satisfying option for fasting periods like Navratri.

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Welcome to my channel Food Medicine and Diet, and I'm Dr. Preeti Nanda, your functional medicine expert. Something more which you can eat during Navratras and feel very, very full, nice, and rejuvenate it is bottle gourd raita. I'm sure generally most of you like me make bottle gourd raita by grating it, boiling it, and then putting it in the curd. What I'm going to do is I have some cut pieces of bhiya, that is bottle gourd. I'm going to just chop them into very fine pieces, and this is a simple chopper which I use at times. Yeah, so it is done, and I'm going to now add this in this bowl of curd which I have with me. Yes, right. Going to add little Vartwala salt. I'm not mixing it first, I'm going to mix it together. I have this ground jeera powder. This is what I'm going to add because this really looks— it adds to the flavor very, very beautifully. And now I'm going to mix it. Now if you want, you can also add— you know, you can garnish it with some coriander and then enjoy this delicious raita with vada ki. Roti. Or you can also eat it separately because it's a great probiotic, it's very filling, and it is yum.